All-time weather records — Newhalen, AK

Record high
91.0°F
June 27, 1953
Record low
-47.0°F
January 22, 1947
Wettest day
3.50 in
August 7, 1985

Climate change signal in Newhalen

22.4%

of Newhalen's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1920s
14
94
1940s
23
70
1950s
34
63
1960s
30
34
1970s
20
26
1980s
34
41
1990s
28
9
2000s
67
9
2010s
103
5
2020s
13
15

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1920, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1920-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 27, 2014 -47.0°F — Jan 22, 1947 2.18 in — Jan 11, 1957
February 57.0°F — Feb 16, 1999 -45.9°F — Feb 2, 1947 1.80 in — Feb 4, 1923
March 52.0°F — Mar 2, 2015 -29.9°F — Mar 1, 1956 1.48 in — Mar 30, 1946
April 66.9°F — Apr 28, 2005 -29.9°F — Apr 1, 1920 1.50 in — Apr 9, 1921
May 80.1°F — May 16, 2014 3.9°F — May 4, 1949 2.08 in — May 30, 2014
June 91.0°F — Jun 27, 1953 28.0°F — Jun 12, 1922 2.08 in — Jun 13, 1985
July 86.0°F — Jul 4, 2019 30.0°F — Jul 2, 1921 2.00 in — Jul 18, 1922
August 82.9°F — Aug 6, 1968 21.9°F — Aug 30, 1922 3.50 in — Aug 7, 1985
September 75.0°F — Sep 12, 2018 19.9°F — Sep 27, 1921 2.96 in — Sep 27, 2015
October 66.0°F — Oct 4, 1976 -4.0°F — Oct 30, 1985 2.44 in — Oct 14, 1958
November 52.0°F — Nov 2, 1986 -20.0°F — Nov 26, 1963 1.79 in — Nov 8, 1983
December 48.9°F — Dec 7, 2014 -31.0°F — Dec 7, 1975 2.30 in — Dec 4, 1943

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Newhalen.